Multi-Threading

[Erol Karazincir]

Does Xailer support multi-threading or at least a single, specialized
background process thread? If not, can a custom component be created to
accomplish this?
Thanks,
Erol Karazincir

[ignacio]

Erol,
In Xailer we are using the single-thread libraries of xHarbour since we
believe that the multi-thread libraries are not enough tested and there is a
clear speed penalty when using those libraries. BTW, we have our own
low-level multi-thread system that is used for example on the class
TAsyncFileDownload. We expect to develop more multi-thread classes based on
users suggestions, please make yours.
In a lot of cases a simple Timer can do the job. I do not know if thit is
the case. I hope so.
Regards,
--
Ignacio Ortiz de Zúñiga
Xailer support / Soporte de Xailer
http://www.xailer.com
http://www.xailer.info
"Erol Karazincir" <erol.k@pplmotorhomes.com> escribió en el mensaje
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> Does Xailer support multi-threading or at least a single, specialized
> background process thread? If not, can a custom component be created to
> accomplish this?
> Thanks,
> Erol Karazincir
>
>

[Simon White]

Hi
I would certainly be interested in better multi-threading because I would like to use Xharbour/Xailer as a web server for RIA similar to XB2.Net that exists for xBase++. However, I am not sure that the multi-threading etc. is stable and robust enough to trust to such a task.
Simon
> Erol,
>
> In Xailer we are using the single-thread libraries of xHarbour
> since we believe that the multi-thread libraries are not enough
> tested and there is a clear speed penalty when using those
> libraries. BTW, we have our own low-level multi-thread system that
> is used for example on the class TAsyncFileDownload. We expect to
> develop more multi-thread classes based on users suggestions,
> please make yours.
>
> In a lot of cases a simple Timer can do the job. I do not know if
> thit is the case. I hope so.
>
> Regards,

[Erol Karazincir]

Actually, one additional thread would more than do the trick for me. There
are times when the user requests a length report or some other process to be
run. This process can run in a separate thread while the user continues to
work on other things. The progress could be shown in a window or a status
bar while the user is working. So one "background task" object that is
customizable would be fine without the full-blown multi-thread support, if
that is a possibility and had any advantages over regular multi-threading.
Thanks,
Erol
"Ignacio Ortiz de Zúñiga" <NoNameToAvoidSpam@xailer.com> wrote in message
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> Erol,
>
> In Xailer we are using the single-thread libraries of xHarbour since we
> believe that the multi-thread libraries are not enough tested and there is
> a clear speed penalty when using those libraries. BTW, we have our own
> low-level multi-thread system that is used for example on the class
> TAsyncFileDownload. We expect to develop more multi-thread classes based
> on users suggestions, please make yours.
>
> In a lot of cases a simple Timer can do the job. I do not know if thit is
> the case. I hope so.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Ignacio Ortiz de Zúñiga
> Xailer support / Soporte de Xailer
> http://www.xailer.com
> http://www.xailer.info
> "Erol Karazincir" <erol.k@pplmotorhomes.com> escribió en el mensaje
> news:49ac4e26$[email=1@svctag-j7w3v3j....]1@svctag-j7w3v3j....[/email]
>> Does Xailer support multi-threading or at least a single, specialized
>> background process thread? If not, can a custom component be created to
>> accomplish this?
>> Thanks,
>> Erol Karazincir
>>
>>
>
>